Sleepy Saturday

Maya is a cuddle bug. As I write this (with one hand) she is snuggling on my shoulder. This morning she woke up early, drank some milkie, and then went right back to sleep. She got to sleep in in mommy and daddy's bed; using daddy as her mattress. She spends a lot of time sleeping on daddy. It is now noon and she is still snuggling in and out of sleep.



We saw Cody, Alicia, and cousin Lili this last weekend and after all was quiet at home and everyone had left, Maya started crying- deciding she would like to try being a colicky baby.
After two days trying everything we found a book that Alicia had sent and I had forgotten about (it was stuffed in the closet with all my other baby books) called "The Happiest Baby on the Block" and low and behold it solved our crying/colicky baby problem. Babies (at least this particular baby) like to feel like they are still in the womb so they actually enjoy being wrapped up (swaddled crazy tight) like a mental patient.


So, we wrap her up like a little tuna roll and she stops crying soon after. We also bounce her a lot, and loudly go SHHHHH which mimicks my blood flow when she was in the womb. She doesn't cry as much now and we don't feel quite so desperate and frustrated. Another part of the colic regime is using a pacie. Maya likes the pacie if she can get her lip over the top a little (feels more like her bottle then, we think) and have it rest on mommy's arm while sucks away. I never thought that I would think pacifers were cute, but she sure looks cute (and sounds cute) sucking away.


Maya is working hard at smiling, enjoys looking around at her surroundings more, and has become an Ansel Adams fan. It was a smart idea to decorate the bedroom in nothing but black and white photography because she loves to look at it.

She still cries terribly when she's in her car seat which has kept our little family regularly house bound. But the stroller has been put together so maybe we'll try a walk in the park on this perfect Iowa summer day.